Recall · 22V093000
Kia Motors America recalled the KIA Optima over fuel system, gasoline
72,848
Vehicles covered
1
Model
2
Model years
February 17, 2022
Filed with NHTSA
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
- The defect
- Kia Motors America (Kia) is recalling certain 2013-2014 Optima vehicles that were previously repaired under NHTSA recall number 20V-100. The low pressure fuel hose may be damaged, or missing heat-protective tape, which can result in a fuel leak.
- What it can cause
- A fuel leak can increase the risk of a fire.
- What the dealer does
- Dealers will replace the low pressure fuel hose, free of charge. Owner notification letters were mailed August 2, 2022. Owners may contact Kia customer service at 1-800-33-4542. Kia's number for this recall is SC228.
- NHTSA's note
- Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.nhtsa.gov.
The repair is free, whatever the age or mileage of the vehicle, and whether or not you are the original owner.
Which vehicles
A recall reaches a range of VINs inside these model years, not every car built in them. Yours may not be covered even if it is listed here, and the only way to find out is NHTSA's own VIN lookup .
How this campaign compares
At 72,848 vehicles this is a bigger campaign than 91% of the 19,818 vehicle recalls filed since 1995 whose size NHTSA published. The middle campaign on file covers 472. It covers model years 2013 to 2014, so the oldest vehicles on it were 9 model years old when the defect was reported to NHTSA.
Kia vehicles have been recalled over the fuel system, gasoline 14 times before this, most recently in July 2021 as 21V519000. That is not evidence the earlier repair failed.
This site holds the complaint record for all 2 model years the campaign names. Their owners have filed 1,963 complaints with NHTSA, 1,195 of them before this campaign was filed. 34 of those name the fuel system, gasoline, the system this recall is about — a count of complaints, not of this defect. The earliest of them reached NHTSA in September 2012, 9 years before this filing.
The vehicles on this campaign carry 5 other recalls published here, the newest being: 23V652000 (service brakes, hydraulic), 22V560000 (structure), 21V331000 (service brakes, hydraulic), 20V519000 (service brakes, hydraulic).
Check your own car
A VIN check is the only answer for a specific vehicle, and it also shows every other open recall on it, which is usually the reason it is worth doing rather than reading one campaign.
Filed by Kia Motors America with NHTSA on February 17, 2022 as campaign 22V093000. Every word of the defect, consequence and remedy above is NHTSA's published record of that filing, not a summary of it.
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